Hook and eye



( o Model.)

H. B. KELLY.

' HOO K AND EYE.

No. 561,40 3'. Patented Jne 2, 1896.

thirrun SrATEs PATENT OFFICE,

HELENA B. KELLY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,403, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed August 17, 1895. Serial No. 559,(35'7. (Ne model.)

To all 'whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, IIELENA B. KELLY, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvenents in a DeviceUsed for Fastening Ladies Apparel and known as the Hook and Eye, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accornpanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved hook and eye; and it consists in thenovel features of Construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved hook.Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in perspectiveofmy improved eye. Fig. 4 isa top plan View thereoi". Fig. 5 is asectional view illustrating the nanner in which the hook is passed intothe goods of the garment' Fig. (3 is a sectional View illustratin g theinanner of attaching the eye in the goods of the garment.

My improved hooks are constructed of single sections of resilient wire,the same being cut into the properlength previous to the formation ofsaid hooks. The sections of wire cut in the proper lengths are firstbent double, so that one of the ends extends beyond the other, and saidends are now bent at right angles to the doubled portion of the wire andextend in directions opposite to one another. The shorter bent end isindicated by the numeral 1 and the opposite longer end by the numeral 2.This end 2 extends as far from the doubled portion of the wire as doesthe end 1, and the excess portion of wire, as indicated by the numeral3, is doubled over on top of the outwardly-bent ends 1 and 2. Thedoublecl portion of wire ,that extends rearwardly from the ends l and 2,as inclicated by 4, is bent into shape, as indicated by 5, and theportion of wire 6 adjacent the point where said wire is first doubledextends directly over the end 3, the space between said portion G andend 3 being a little less than the thickness of the wire of which thehook and eye are construeted.

The eye used in connection with the hook just described oomprises asingle length of wire 7 bent into the form of a circle, the ends 8 ofsaid wire passing each otherand being extended in the same horizontalplane with each other a slight distance beyond the point whore they passone another or at the con` pletion of the circle of wire formin g theeye. Said extended ends 8 lie parallel with each other, and a slightspace is left between said ends.

To locate the hook upon a garnen t, the facing and lining of saidgarment are folded together, as indicated by the numeral 9, Fig. 5, andwith a large needle or dressmakefs stiletto an insertion, such as 10, ismade through said facing and lining ad jacent the point where the'saneis folded. The point of the hook is now passed through the aperture madeby the needle, and said hook is passed on through said aperture untilthe folded lining and facing are located directly over the portions ofthe hook indicated by 4. The linin g or facing of the garment is nowunfolded and drawn ont, as indicated by dotted lines in Figf thetendeney to cut the fabric whicha single strand of wire would have.Moreover, the part 3, serving, as above suggested, to confine the eyewithin the hook when they are united, also protects the surface of thefabric which lies upon the body of the hook against abrasion infastening and unfastening the hook and eye, which otherwise would tendto sever the hook from the fabrio.

To attach the eye to the material, said naterial is first folded, asindicated by 11, Fig. 6, and by means of a large needle or stiletto anaperture 12 is forned adjacent the folded edge of said material. One ofthe protrudin g ends 8 of the eye is now passed through said aperture12, and said eye is turned approxiinately one-half of a revolution, thusbringing the said eye in proper position relative to the goods. Saidgoods are now unfolded, .as indi- IOO garment, require no sewing, areeasily attached to one another, can be easily taken from one garment andplaced upon another, or removed from wash-goods while the same are beinglaundered.

The space between the portions G and 3 being slightly smaller than thethiekness of the wire of which the eye is eonstructed, said eye will noteasily become unfastened while in ordinary use, as a slight pull isrequired to disengage said eye from the hook.

The hooks and eyes may be made in different sizes to fit the variousgarments 011 which they are to be used, and said hooks and eyes aresimple, inexpensive in manufaeture, readily applied, and are verye'ffieient in use.

I claim- 1. As aneW article of nanufaeture, a hook for personalwearing-apparel eonsisting of the hook proper formed of two strands of asingle wire disposed parallel to eaeh other, the under or shank strandsbeing bent in opposite directions before they reach the extrenity of thehook and substantially at right angles to said hook to formoppositely-projecting sides 1 and 2 in line With each other, and astraight part 3 eonstituting a continuation of the projecting side 2 andbent back upon and directly above the parts l and 2, said part 3extending underneath and beyond the extrenity of the hook, Wliereby thesaid part 3 constitutes a straight continuous eyeretaining part upon theend of the shank and at right angles thereto, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination with a fabric, of a hook provided with a retainingend eonposed of double strands, one overlapping the other, the upperstrand underlyng the end of the hook, a portion of the fabrie eoveringthe part of the hook between its retaining end and its bend and servingto secure the hook in place without stitehes, or the like, substantiallyas set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, a hook for personal wearing-appareleonsisting of the hook proper formed of two strands of a single Wiredisposed parallel to each other, the under or shank strands being bentin opposite directions before they reach the extremity of the hook andsubstantially at right angles to said hook to form oppositely-projectingsides l and 2 in line with each other, and a straight part 3constituting a continuation of the projeeting side 2 and bent back-uponand directly above the parts l and 2, the extreinity of the said part 3being unsupported and extending nnderneath and beyond the extremity ofthe hook whereby the eye may be inserted into the hook by a slightpressure upon the unsupported end of the straight part 3 and whereby theparts 1, 2 and 3 eonstitute a straight retaining part at right angles tothe hook proper, substantially as specified.

In testiinony Whereof I a'fifix in y signature in presence of twowitnesses.

IIELENA B. KELLY.

YVitnesses:

ELIZABETH KELLY, GEO. F. MULLIGAN.

